ObamaCare site still a turkey?

Is it done yet? That’s the oft-heard Thanksgiving question at homes across America before the bird is ready. And it had likely been the White House’s interrogatory leading up to its self-imposed Nov. 30 deadline to fix its beleaguered health care website.

The Pres must be confident it’s all systems go; his staff is tweeting it’s time to jump onto healthcare.gov and buy.

For those who are trying to get coverage, the deadline to enroll is Dec. 23, for coverage beginning Jan. 1.

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If you’re in the public eye – especially politics – be careful what you tweet. Josh Romney, son of the GOP's 2012 nominee, is under fire for tweeting a picture of himself smiling in front of an auto wreck to his 17,000 plus followers.

Was first on scene to big accident, see pic of car in the house. I lifted 4 people out to safety. All ok. Thankful. pic.twitter.com/j8aDzFZwla

Many tweeters saw it as a “humblebrag” that would have been better left unsaid. One person responded to Romney by saying: “and then you took and posted a smileytourist-type photo of it? Bit odd.” Others were less kind:

@joshromney@gretawire Why the smiling pose at bad ax site? Many help people everyday w/o this type publicity, disappointed.

A battle has been raging between the WH Photographers Association and the Obama administration over which group should be taking news photos.

Photogs say there are too many events that are not recorded by photojournalists, but are taken by in-house photographer Pete Souza. National Journal’s Ron Fournier agrees and tweets out Sunday’s NYT story:

This is a classic press access issue that’s as old as, well, the beginning of "drawing with light." Many outlets, including USA Today which issued a memo, are refusing to publish handout WH photos, saying there are exceptions involving “legitimate national security restrictions” and “very high news value.” Good for them.

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Lauren Ashburn joined the network in 2013 and currently serves as a Washington-based contributor for FOX News Channel (FNC). On MediaBuzz with Howard Kurtz, Ashburn contributes commentary on the state of the news media shaping current events, their role in politics, cultures, business, and tech. Click here for more information on Lauren Ashburn.